NOTE: There’s a tricky judging situation going on, and I’m still using my brain power to get it figured out. Will post winners as soon as I can today. So sorry about the wait!

This is it, my friends—the long awaited (okay, four-day awaited) trivia that I hope will fry your brain.

Coming up with the questions sure fried mine.

The first qualifying player to correctly answer all questions will win a $300 Amazon.com gift card. Yipee!
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Three randomly-selected players with all questions answered correctly will win a $50 Amazon.com gift card. Woot!

Here’s the quiz.

Are you ready?

Here we go!

1. Who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald?

2. What year did construction on the Berlin wall begin?

3. What year was the Berlin wall brought down?

4. Who wrote The Feminine Mystique?

5. Where did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a bus?

6. What is the term for the economic and social reforms introduced in 1987 by Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev?

7. Who said, “…those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it” ?

8. What was signed by President Jimmy Carter, Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and President Anwar Sadat in 1978?

Lola On Friday, July 24 at 8:34 pm

1. Jack Ruby
2. 1961
3. 1989
4. Betty Friedan
5. in an empty seat in the first row of back seats reserved for blacks in the “colored” section, but the driver moved the sign for “colored” folks behind Parks, and she refused to move.
6. perestroika
7. George Santayana
8. The Camp David Accords

1. Who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald?
Jack Rubenstein (aka Jack Ruby)
2. What year did construction on the Berlin wall begin?
1961
3. What year was the Berlin wall brought down?
1989
4. Who wrote The Feminine Mystique?
Betty Friedan
5. Where did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a bus?
Alabama
6. What is the term for the economic and social reforms introduced in 1987 by Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev?
Glasnost
7. Who said, “…those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it” ?
Robert F. Kennedy
8. What was signed by President Jimmy Carter, Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and President Anwar Sadat in 1978?
Peace Accord

Kay Carrasco On Friday, July 24 at 8:49 pm

jen poppell On Friday, July 24 at 8:50 pm

1. Jack Ruby
2. 1961
3. 1989
4. Betty Friedan
5. She refused to give up her seat In the front of the bus and move to the back. Or do you mean city & state? That’d be Montgomery. AL
6. Perestroika
7. George Santayana
8. The Camp David Accords

Ellen S. On Friday, July 24 at 8:52 pm

Nancy M. On Friday, July 24 at 8:52 pm

1. Jack Ruby
2. August 13, 1961
3. November 9, 1989. It was completely torn down by the end of 1990.
4. Betty Friedan
5. Montgomery, Alabama
6. Perestroika
7. George Santayana
8. Camp David Accords on September 17, 1978 which led to the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty